Posted on 10/29/2015 10:21:40 PM PDT by Jyotishi
NEW DELHI, OCT.29, 2015: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is staging its biggest exercise, codenamed 'Live Wire', to test its preparedness to fight a two-front war in case of a simultaneous armed conflict with China and Pakistan.
This exercise, which begins on Oct 31, involves the simultaneous activation of all airbases across the country from Leh in Jammu and Kashmir to Car Nicobar in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for about 15 days.
"The most important part of Exercise Live Wire is to rehearse quick movement of air assets from one theatre to another," a top IAF officer explained to Arming India.
All combat and airlift assets will be mobilised to validate doctrines and plans to fight on two fronts at the same time. This will be the second edition of Exercise Live Wire after the first one conducted in March-April 2013, and also involves joint manoeuvres with the Army and the Navy.
Airlift and rapid deployment of army formations to distant mountainous frontiers is an important part of the exercise. Use of the recently inducted C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift fleet and the C-130J Hercules special missions aircraft would figure prominently.
"The latest operational concepts and preparedness would be checked out. The aim of the exercise is to validate the full spectrum of our capability in undertaking operations in response to likely future threats and operational contingencies," a senior IAF officer said, confirming that the two-front scenario for the exercise.
Capability would be tested and military gaps assessed "in as close to the likely real time scenario as possible".
"Communications, net centric warfare operations and reconnaissance capabilities would be checked out. Joint operations with the Army and Navy would be practised on realistic targets, so as to synergise the operational capability of all three services," an IAF statement highlighted.
Liaison with the Airports Authority of India is being attempted to ensure minimum disruption of civil aviation during the heavy airborne military movements.
India appears to see which side the bread is buttered on.
I am not a fan of the place in general but the government is more open than China or Pakistan
........ the government is more open than China or Pakistan.
Or the United States.
India should be working hard to disintegrate Pakistan — get the Pashtuns to break away to rejoin afghanistan and get the Baluchis to break away. Then the Sindhis and Punjabis will fight each other.
India has never had a government other than one elected. They will also pass China population wise in the near future. It’s one competitor that should really concern China. Add to the mix that India has been operating aircraft carriers much longer than China.
“India should be working hard to disintegrate Pakistan “
Several years ago Pakistan launched a huge, poorly planned offensive in their frontier. It caught the world off guard. Indian intelligence said that Pakistan had lost one or more of its nuclear weapons to the Islamists and the offensive was an effort to recover them.
The problem with a disintegrating state is suddenly the grip on those super weapons is loose. The oversight of them is light or non-existent.
After the Soviet Union broke up a UN weapons team went around counting missiles. They arrived at a mobile launcher deep in the forest and found the area deserted. Unwilling to leave the weapon with its three nukes they waited. At dark the Soviet crew returned with their catch. They’d been out hunting as they hadn’t been paid or fed in six months. We are darned lucky that none of those weapons fell into the hands of somebody eager to use them.
I believe I just read this morning that ISIS is opening a front to surge into Asia
Your story reminds me of something I read a few years before the Soviet collapse, probably in Readers Digest. It was about Soviet soldiers in outlying regions having to garden and find their own food. If they were unsuccessful, they starved.
Today’s Russian forces, as made apparent by footage shot in their Syrian theater, shows the soldiers in modern container type barracks that are air conditioned. Their mess facilities appear to be equal to US soldiers. Their uniforms look very comfortable. They’ve come a long way, which should equate to a higher morale.
Agreed — and in the Pakis case, there is a strong likelihood that elements in the army would GIVE the nukes to the jihadis.
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